Animals at central park zoo

This is Gus, Central Park Zoo's polar bear, hanging out with some penguin friends. Of course they are toasting marshmallows, because I am not sure there is anything better than that when the zoo is closed. Looks cold too. Unfortunately Gus is a recent widower. His old lady was name Ida and this piece is dedicated to her.

Moving

Sorry I haven't up but life has been THE CRAZY for about a month now. Quick update:
I am now living in NEW YORK CITY. Yup, that's right! I transferred to Parsons on a very last minute offer from their illustration dept! I am missing friends in Baltimore, but the world is a big place and keeping old connections while making new ones is important to me. You may ask, why New York? Why now? Well I have thought about this a lot and at this point in my life making connections with Illustrators and Film-makers has become essential in my work. If not now, when?? So to get a jump start on jobs and artistic happenings, I have moved to possibly the most inspiring and happening place in the world. Who knows what will happen? So far everything is good!

I have started a couple new projects that are currently on their own sites, but I will continue to post work here, and hopefully get a website up soon! One project I am very excited about is my Illustrating for Craigslist project on Tumblr! Go check it out!

I will post those works here as well, but they really are fun to see on their own blog. So here's a teaser of that:

Overload of work from last semester

"fireside friends" done in watercolor. -What would it be like to toast marshmallows with David Bowie, Clint Eastwood, James Dean and George Harrison?

My name, made from cut paper and good lighting!

Edwina White inspired drawing, also based off people from the sartorialist

Another color change.

Final color change on this piece, I swear it's done now. The reds got more red and the blues got bluesier.

Fabric design for SpoonFlower.com

For handlettering this week we made a pattern for the spoonflower.com weekly contest.


ABC's!!
A is for alligator
B is for bear
C is for cat 
D is for dolphin 


here's the link so you can vote !! scroll through the fabric patterns till you find mine, then click on

and here's my piece 

basic design

design applied as a pattern

Winning Poster for Words on Wheels!!!

So... My poster was chosen as the winner for the poem "School Lunch!" !!
I'm going to the launch on April 12th and I will get to meet this kids who wrote the poems! Then my poster will be in several buses going around for a whole year !


Check out this video from last year's launch!